It follows the arrival of Doctor Joseph Frail to a small gold rush town in Montana, 1873.

When the town strikes big on gold, a mob forms and seeks to lynch Frail.

"[1] Collier's rebuffed a serial offer, stating that "there just isn't sufficient physical action and taut enough emotional suspense to break this up into parts.

Before the end of summer of 1957, Martin Jurow purchased the rights to the novelette to turn it into an American Western Production.

The Hanging Tree was directed by Delmer Daves, starring Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, George C. Scott and Karl Malden, which was released by Warner Bros.